"Have you ever gotten chills while listening to a particularly gorgeous piece of music? Or felt a sense of calm while gazing at a painting of a serene landscape? We have experiences like those every day, but rarely stop to consider what's happening internally to cause them. In Your Brain on Art, founder of the International Arts + Mind Lab at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Susan Magsamen and Google designer Ivy Ross explain how, by understanding...

Casi todo el mundo intuye que su comportamiento, tanto en el trabajo como en la vida privada, podria mejorar en muchos aspectos, pero pocos saben como conseguirlo. Stephen R. Covey, el llamado Socrates americano, no da consejos paternalistas ni se dedica a sermonear sin ton ni son. Su metodo es claro, certero y eficiete: un curso sencillo dividido en siete etapas que el lector debera asimilar y poner en practica por su propia cuenta, adaptandolas...

"From the world's leading expert on trust repair, a guide to understanding the most essential foundation of our relationships and communities. When our trust is broken, and when our own trustworthiness is called into question, many of us are left wondering what to do. We barely know how trust works. How could we possibly repair it? Dr. Peter H. Kim, the world's leading expert in the rapidly growing field of trust repair, has conducted over two decades...

"You've lost someone that you held dear; a loved one, a family member, a friend, or a beloved pet, and now you're faced with the heart-wrenching knowledge that somehow, in some way, you need to go on without them. Your grief threatens to pull you into an abysmal tidal wave of emotional despair. And yet, you survive this seemingly insurmountable grief. You go on, and life surprises you with the passage of time, easing you back into a state of calm...

In these deeply researched essays, a Paris Review contributor blends science, history, and memoir to explore human obsession with gorgeous things, exposing the fraught histories of makeup, silk, jewels, perfume, and other objects, helping readers to ethically partake in the beauty of the world around them.

Representation in the media has always been relevant. However, with recent developments such as Halle Bailey starring in Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid, this topic has exploded on social media and in the news in a way that draws children into the conversation like never before. Understanding positive and negative representation not just of race but of gender, disability, sexuality, and other characteristics is crucial in this day...

"From Joan of Arc to Queen Elizabeth I, to Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony, to Sally Ride and Jennifer Aniston, history is full of women without children. Some chose to forgo reproduction in order to pursue intellectually satisfying work--a tension noted by medieval European nuns, 1970s women's liberationists, and modern professionals alike. Some refused to bring children into a world beset by famine, pollution, or climate change. For others,...

"[An] ... exploration of games and math, spanning centuries and millennia, oceans and continents, countries and cultures. Renowned mathematician Marcus du Sautoy shows how mathematics and games have always been deeply intertwined: how games provided some of the first opportunities for deep mathematical insight into the universe; how understanding math can help us play games better; and how the knowledge and enjoyment of both math and games are integral...

"A mixed-media illustrated exploration of the grief that follows the death of a pet, and a loving tribute to the author's border collie Momo"--

"This is an unusual - and unusually interesting - exploration of diet, weight and health that touches on memoir but lands on practicality. It's a cut-to-the-chase book that makes you realize that not everything you know about dieting and weight loss - no matter how much you've read or experienced before - is true, and that way too much of your brain, your time and your pocketbook has been taken up with the endless (and futile) quest. The authors'...